Rev Richard Emmanuel talks about Pope Francis’
comment that the Catholic Church is ‘obsessed’ with gays, abortion and
birth control with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of
OUTTAKE VOICES™. Emmanuel is the founder of The Church an experimental
religious organization in East Gloucester, Massachusetts dedicated to
raising individual and collective consciousness by increasing personal
spiritual awareness. Richard’s journey began with an epiphany while
attending The Catholic University of America where through comparati...
Rev Richard Emmanuel talks about Pope Francis’
comment that the Catholic Church is ‘obsessed’ with gays, abortion and
birth control with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of
OUTTAKE VOICES™. Emmanuel is the founder of The Church an experimental
religious organization in East Gloucester, Massachusetts dedicated to
raising individual and collective consciousness by increasing personal
spiritual awareness. Richard’s journey began with an epiphany while
attending The Catholic University of America where through comparative
religious studies Richard withdrew from the dogma of Roman Catholicism
and Judeo/Christian belief. We talked to Richard about this, Russia’s
anti gay laws, the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and his spin on our LGBT
issues.
When asked what his personal commitment is to LGBT civil rights Emmanuel
stated,
“This issue is a civil rights issue. It’s not about whether you’re gay,
lesbian, transgender or black, white or Hindu or whatever religion. It’s
always about humanity’s respect for one another. We are all one and
that is why we can get ourselves into trouble when we become obsessed
about our position and that we don’t see it as a human condition. I mean
this idea of straights are normal because they’re in the majority,
well, the numbers don’t mean anything. It’s one way of oppressiveness of
one majority group oppressing a minority group and this has nothing to
do with anything but a person’s rights. Humanity has evolved to this
stage in which our rights as people are being challenged on a number of
levels. Where are we taking this IT industry? Where is this information
technology taking us? And this social networking, is it going to
liberate us or force us into new constraints or a new tyranny of
technology? I’m amazed at the number of people walking around not even
in real space, texting on their smart phones. They’re not in the real
world. I find this very disturbing.”
Currently Emmanuel is advocating for future public understanding of
religious scientific, and social beliefs. His work is a “visual
experience” and explores new forms of social language, belief
structures, symbols and icons of our society and the transformation of
cultural perception. He continues to find great inspiration in the
history of human
storytelling and applies this knowledge in advanced imaging for the
ever-expanding “Information Age.”
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